Table C-10. Standard errors for table 11: Status completion rates of 18- through 24-year-olds not currently enrolled in high school or below, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2008

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Table C-10. Standard errors for table 11: Status completion rates of 18- through 24-year-olds not currently enrolled in high school or below, by sex and race/ethnicity: October 1972 through October 2008

		Sex (percent)		Race/ethnicity (percent)
Year	Total (percent)	Male	Female	White non- Hispanic	Black non- Hispanic	Hispanic

1972	0.32	0.51	0.48	0.33	1.20	1.83
1973	0.31	0.49	0.47	0.31	1.17	1.83
1974	0.31	0.49	0.46	0.31	1.17	1.70
1975	0.30	0.47	0.46	0.30	1.18	1.72
1976	0.30	0.48	0.45	0.31	1.12	1.68

1977	0.30	0.49	0.45	0.31	1.12	1.66
1978	0.30	0.48	0.45	0.31	1.11	1.61
1979	0.30	0.49	0.45	0.31	1.11	1.58
1980	0.30	0.48	0.43	0.30	1.07	1.51
1981	0.29	0.48	0.43	0.30	1.02	1.46

1982	0.31	0.49	0.45	0.32	1.06	1.57
1983	0.31	0.50	0.45	0.32	1.06	1.59
1984	0.31	0.49	0.45	0.32	0.99	1.54
1985	0.31	0.49	0.44	0.32	1.00	1.58
1986	0.31	0.50	0.45	0.32	0.99	1.51

1987	0.32	0.51	0.47	0.34	0.99	1.47
1988	0.36	0.57	0.51	0.36	1.13	1.78
1989	0.36	0.57	0.51	0.37	1.11	1.73
1990	0.34	0.53	0.50	0.34	1.03	1.54
1991	0.34	0.55	0.50	0.35	1.06	1.53

1992	0.33	0.53	0.49	0.33	1.07	1.53
1993	0.34	0.53	0.50	0.35	1.07	1.49
1994	0.34	0.49	0.45	0.34	1.02	1.43
1995	0.35	0.50	0.47	0.36	1.01	1.40
1996	0.35	0.50	0.48	0.34	1.08	1.49

1997	0.35	0.51	0.47	0.36	1.10	1.42
1998	0.36	0.53	0.47	0.36	1.11	1.37
1999	0.34	0.50	0.46	0.34	1.04	1.39
2000	0.33	0.49	0.44	0.33	1.01	1.36
2001	0.33	0.50	0.43	0.34	0.97	1.31

2002	0.31	0.46	0.41	0.31	0.95	1.15
2003	0.30	0.46	0.40	0.31	0.96	1.15
2004	0.30	0.46	0.40	0.31	0.98	1.12
2005	0.30	0.45	0.38	0.30	0.91	1.12
2006	0.29	0.48	0.44	0.36	1.03	1.10

2007	0.28	0.42	0.37	0.28	0.80	1.07
2008	0.27	0.39	0.37	0.26	0.86	1.03
NOTE: Some of the standard error estimates in this table may differ from those previously published due to changes in the generalized variance parameters developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1972–2008.

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